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Hardback. This fresh, informative account of key writers, important texts, and complex cultural currents promises keen interest for students and scholars, literary critics, and cultural historians. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894732
- ISBN
- 9780801894732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.14€ 56.19
€ 62.14
€ 56.19
Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224049
- ISBN
- 9780520224049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.39€ 43.75
€ 56.39
€ 43.75
Hardback. Series: A Sheed & Ward Classic. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550438
- ISBN
- 9780742550438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.77
€ 185.77
Hardcover. "First published in 2015 in Great Britain by SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFB; DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196639
- ISBN
- 9781845196639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. Satoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065864
- ISBN
- 9780674065864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.51
€ 44.99
€ 36.51
Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411325
- ISBN
- 9781474411325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.15
€ 144.15
Paperback. A collection of eleven legal speeches relating to estates and inheritances that are ascribed to the most renowned of the ancient Greek orators. Translator(s): Scafuro, Adele C. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 434 pages, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726413
- ISBN
- 9780292726413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Hardback. This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405153249
- ISBN
- 9781405153249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.71
€ 114.71
Paperback. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180-220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848138
- ISBN
- 9781603848138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. 333pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712697552
- ISBN
- 9780712697552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.78
€ 16.99
€ 12.78
Hardback. Series: Border Lines S. Num Pages: 171 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854112606
- ISBN
- 9781854112606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.73
€ 26.73
Paperback. An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 576 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HRG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226340517
- ISBN
- 9780226340517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55€ 66.62
€ 80.55
€ 66.62
Paperback. Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBN; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329473
- ISBN
- 9780822329473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
Paperback. An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students. Series: Longman Literature in English Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; A; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002197
- ISBN
- 9780582493766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640082
- ISBN
- 9780691640082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.25
€ 165.25
Paperback. The theme of Euripides' Alcestis blends the primitive folk-tale of the self-sacrificing bride, Alcestis, and of Heracles' heroic struggles with the ogre Death, with a morality tale of "virtue rewarded", in this case twice rewarded. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682353
- ISBN
- 9780856682353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.82
€ 33.99
€ 29.82
The Little Everyman. Stature and Masculinity in Eighteenth-century Eng...
Deborah Needleman Armintor
Paperback. Makes a major contribution to our understanding of how questions of masculinity and gender, the sociology of marriage, and the economics of commodity capitalism converge Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990880
- ISBN
- 9780295990880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.55
€ 42.55
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the life and ideas of one of Ireland's great thinkers and patriots - AE Russell. This book studies the man that was AE through his thoughts and ideas. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; HRQC5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845885434
- ISBN
- 9781845885434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. One of the major cultural philosophers of our time addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux's reflections on art and literature. The result tells us as much about Lyotard as it does about Malraux. Translator(s): Harvey, Robert. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737500
- ISBN
- 9780804737500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.18
€ 26.99
€ 26.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517666
- ISBN
- 9781903517666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.97
€ 13.99
€ 12.97
Hardback. These essays, written in honour of 18th-century Romantic scholar John L. Mahoney, explore the intersection of Romanticism and religion. They range from broad considerations of this relationship in several Romantic writers, to close readings of individual poems. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; ACVT; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222285
- ISBN
- 9780823222285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.66
€ 106.66
Paperback. The Long Space examines how time and space have a crucial impact on the form of the postcolonial novel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762373
- ISBN
- 9780804762373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Hardcover. This volume on classical philology includes, among others, the following contributions: Francis Cairns, "Virgil Eclogue 1.1-2: A literary Program?"; John Hunt, "Readings in Apollonius of Tyre"; Alexander Jones, "Geminus and the Isia"; and Peter Knox "Lucretius on the Narrow Road". Editor(s): Segal, Charles; Henrichs, Albert; Higbie, Carolyn; Jones, Christopher; Nagy, Gregory. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 426 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AHA; CF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379473
- ISBN
- 9780674379473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46
Hardback. It teases out the finer points of division on the public battlefields of literature and politics and the new world of contesting sexual economies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884764
- ISBN
- 9780801884764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.08
€ 72.08